This lesson is from Tools 4 NC Teachers. In this lesson students find the area of rectangles with single-digit dimensions by using various strategies including multiplying the length by the width.   

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Sticker

Stumper

Order Specifications: •      All sticker sheets must be rectangular. •      All dimensions must be whole units. •      All stickers must be arranged in rows and columns with no spaces or overlaps. •      Pictures of each sheet should be drawn on grid paper.

 1.  Order Number 1.

Happy Face Designs sent an order for the stickers it wants. How many stickers will fit on each sheet?

2.  Order Number 2.

The Hearts and Flowers Company sent an order for the number of stickers per sheet it wants to sell. What will be the length and Width of each sticker sheet?

3. The Hearts and Flowers Company wants your factory to design more than one sheet for their total number of stickers. Choose Sticker Sheet a, b, or c. Use the grid paper to show your plan for the sticker sheets.

4. Choose one Sticker Sheet from Order 1 and one Sticker Sheet from order two. In your Math Journal, show how you found the answers using words, numbers, and pictures.